The production of manufactured goods on a large scale using machines in factories, introduced in Britain in the late 18th century.
the factory system became the dominant form of industrial organization throughout the 19th century
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- However, his greatest criticism of the new factory system was directed towards the exploitation of children.
- Arkwright is considered to be the father of Britain's factory system.
- The spread of industry, or machinery, or steam power, or the factory system itself was erratic.
- The domestic system of textiles production gave way rapidly to a factory system.
- The industrial revolution and the emergence of the factory system resulted in fundamental changes in society and in the nature of work itself.